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Frédéric François Chopin - (1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer, virtuoso pianist, and music teacher of French-Polish parentage. He was one of the great masters of Romantic music.

For most of his life, Chopin suffered from poor health; he died in Paris at age 39 and was buried at Pére Lachaise Cemetery.

International Piano Competitions

Thursday, 11 March 2010 13:24

The International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition, often referred to as the Chopin Competition, is a prestigious piano competition taking place in Warsaw , initiated in 1927 and held every five years since 1955. It is one of few competitions devoted entirely to the oeuvre of a single composer.

The first competition was founded by the eminent Polish pianist and pedagogue Jerzy Żurawlew.

Grand prize winners included:

The 1st Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw 1927
- I - Lew Oborin (Soviet Union)
- II - Stanisław Szpinalski (Poland)
- III - Róża Etkin-Moszkowska (Poland)
The 2nd Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw 1932
- I - Alexander Uninski (USA)
- II - Imre Ungar (Hungary)
- III -Bolesław Kon (Poland)
The 3rd Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw 1937
- I - Jakov Zak (Soviet Union)
- II - Roza Tamarkina (Soviet Union)
- III - Witold Małcużyński (Poland)
The 4th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw 1949
- I - ex aequo: Halina Czerny-Stefańska (Poland) and Bella Dawidowicz (Soviet Union)
- II - Barbara Hesse-Bukowska (Poland)
- III - Waldemar Maciszewski (Poland)
The 5th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw 1955
- I - Adam Harasiewicz (Poland)
- II - Wladimir Aszkenazi (Soviet Union)
- III - Fu T'Sung (China)
The 6th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw 1960
- I - Maurizio Pollini (Italy)
- II - Irina Zarickaja (Soviet Union)
- III - Tania Achot-Haroutounian (Iran)
The 7th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw 1965
- I - Martha Argerich (Argentina)
- II - Arthur Moreira-Lima (Brasil)
- III - Marta Sosińska (Poland)
The 8th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw 1970
- I - Garrick Ohlsson (USA)
- II - Mitsuko Uchida (Japan)
- III - Piotr Paleczny (Poland)
The 9th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw 1975
- I - Krystian Zimerman (Poland)
- II - Dina Joffe (Soviet Union)
- III - Tatiana Fiedkina (Soviet Union)
The 10th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw 1980
- I - Dang Thai Son (Viet-Nam)
- II - Tatiana Szebanowa (Soviet Union)
- III - Arutiun Papazjan (Soviet Union)
The 11th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw 1985
- I - Stanislav Bunin (Soviet Union)
- II - Marc Laforet (France)
- III - Krzysztof Jabłoński (Poland)
The 12th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw 1990
- I - no winner
- II - Kevin Kenner (USA)
- III - Yukio Yokoyama (Japan)
The 13th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw 1995
- I - no winner
- II - ex aequo: Philippe Giusiano (Francja) and Alaxei Sultanov (Russia)
- III - Gabriela Montero (USA)
The 14th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw 2000
- I - Yundi Li (China)
- II - Ingrid Fliter (Argentina)
- III nagroda - Alexander Kobrin (Russia)
The 15th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw 2005
- I - Rafał Blechacz (Poland)
- II - no winner
- III - ex aequo: Dong Hyek Lim and Dong Min Lim (South Corea)

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Every single note was played with the highest degree of taste, in the noblest sense of the word. When he embellished, which he rarely did, it was a positive miracle of refinement.

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